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On June 8 you would have been hard pressed to find a happier person in Montreal than Joey (Joseph) Flowers. That’s the day when Flowers became Nunavik’s first Inuk law school graduate. Flowers, 33, received two law degrees from McGill University, one in civil law, the legal system of Quebec, and a second one in common law, the British-based legal system used in the rest of Canada.

On June 8 you would have been hard pressed to find a happier
person in Montreal than Joey (Joseph) Flowers.
That’s the day when Flowers became Nunavik’s first Inuk law school
graduate. Flowers, 33, received two law degrees from McGill
University, one in civil law, the legal system of Quebec, and a
second one in common law, the British-based legal system used in
the rest of Canada.

For the convocation ceremony, Flowers wore a red stole, a gift
from McGill First Peoples’ House, which features an eagle feather,
a symbol of authority and honour, and the Hiawatha wampum belt,
symbolizing the Iroquois Confederacy, on whose territory McGill
University now stands. Flowers also wore a sealskin tie made for
the event by Mary Aitchison of Kuujjuaq — “a tangible sign of some
of the support I’ve had through my studies,” Flowers told Nunatsiaq
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“I was very proud of everything that I’ve accomplished and very
grateful for all the support I’ve had, from my professors at
school, from my classmates and my family,” said Flowers about his
thoughts as he collected the degrees earned since August
2008...